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Please share, we need fish!! Lots and lots of bait fish, anything that's as long as your hand or a little bit smaller is great. Right now we are receiving many Loons this time of year that are in an awkward phase of molting so they don't quite find enough fish out there in the wild, plus some of them have intestinal parasites so they begin to starve to death. We can treat them and get them back in the wild but while they are here in recovery they eat a lot of fish! Please share with your fishing pals not to throw any unwanted fish away, freeze them and save them for us! We need lots! thank you. The Loons in this picture is getting their daily dose of medication. ...

Cedar waxwing. Remember if you find a bird that has hit a window, please do not try to feed them or give them water, simply keep them in a small container that's warm dark and quiet. Don't talk to the bird or stress it out in an audible or visual way. Let the bird sit in the dark warm quiet space for 20 minutes then see if it can fly away, if it does not, bring it to a Wildlife Shelter immediately. ...

It's that time of year again, when the local feed stores, hardware or Farm supply stores are selling baby ducks & chickens. There are some good flock owners that are responsible and take care of the needs of their birds with all the problems that arise with it, but unfortunately every year non-profit animal rescues like ourselves spend so much time and financial expense caring for dumped, orphaned, injured or abandoned chicks and ducklings that people purchased impulsively and without being prepared, then the fun pet project didn't work out the way they thought it would. Or, the chicks you were told were hens turns out to be roosters. If you plan on buying chicks from a local store instead of adopting, please do your research ahead of time and find good homes for them with pre made arrangements in case the hens turns out to be roosters, or in case the female ducks you bought turns out to be males. Farm stores are selling what they are told are females, but its not always certain and many roosters slip into the mix. If you are buying chicks it is YOUR job to make arrangements ahead of time to find them good homes instead of dumping them on your local animal Shelter. We are always willing to help ANY injured or orphaned birds no matter who finds them, or what the situation or background is, but we do not want people to think they can buy baby birds and when the fun is over use us as a dump site. If your chick needs medical care that you cannot afford, we are happy to help them but we cannot spend time and money fixing them, then give them back to you, it's not a free pet clinic, you have to permanently surrender them to us. Do not raise them and imprint them and leave them at a nearby local pond, that is considered animal abandonment and is illegal. If you buy them be prepared to take care of them for the rest of their lives including giving them Predator protection and taking them to a vet when something goes wrong. We are always willing to help injured animals no matter what type, but as a non-profit we should not be spending as much money as we do each summer cleaning up the mess for people who made impulsive purchases without being prepared to deal with the financial expense of taking care of them. Remember to do your research before acquiring chicks . Responsible flock owners know you must always have one male for at least 5 females. Ducks can be very sexually aggressive so you should never have equal amounts of males and females, you always need to have more females than males, or the females will be raped repeatedly and their health will suffer. We see so much of this in the summer because people did not do their research before making a purchase. If that hen you bought turns out to be a rooster, it is YOUR job to find him a good home by doing the leg work it takes to place a rooster, do not just come to us to dump them please. If you have no option but to surrender him/her to us, please be prepared to make a donation and don't expect to get him back. We are flooded each year with unwanted roosters and male Pekin ducks, so then our own flock ratio is unbalanced and it creates more work for us. If you have proper housing and a water source we have plenty of adult Ducks up for adoption. Fill out an adoption form on our website make sure to include pictures so your application can be considered. When you purchase ducks or chickens be prepared to pay a vet bill when they get injured , Wildlife shelters are not free pet clinics . PETS go to VETS. Thank you ...

A very big thank you again to Erika and Stan for assembling FOUR of the metal shelters at the rescue. They were a pilll to put together and definitely not for the inexperienced. They struggled through each and every one of those sheds until all four were put together very well. We really appreciate their volunteerism for the birds!!. ...